Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

The Role

As Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, EMEA, you will lead talent acquisition across the region while helping define the future of the function globally.

Working in a matrixed model, you will partner closely with EMEA People & Culture leadership and the Global Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence (COE) to align hiring priorities with workforce needs, market realities, and long-term capability goals. You'll lead a team of Talent Acquisition professionals across EMEA while strengthening how we assess, select, and hire talent.

This role is well suited to a leader who combines business partnership, assessment expertise, and people leadership. You'll help hiring teams make better decisions through structured, evidence-based hiring practices while building the capability of a Talent Acquisition team that acts as trusted advisors to the business.

What you'll be doing

- Contribute to the global Talent Acquisition strategy by leading initiatives related to assessment excellence, recruiter capability, recruiting technology, AI adoption, talent intelligence, and process improvement.

- Establish consistent assessment and selection practices across the region, including competency-based interviews, interview scorecards, work samples, and other job-relevant evaluation methods.

- Partner with senior business and People leaders to build hiring strategies that support workforce plans, business priorities, and future capability needs across EMEA.

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Talent Acquisition professionals, strengthening capability in advisory skills, sourcing, assessment, stakeholder management, and data-informed decision-making.

- Use labour market insights, hiring data, and talent intelligence to provide clear recommendations on hiring trends, talent availability, recruiting effectiveness, and workforce planning decisions.

What we're looking for

- Significant leadership of recruiting teams across EMEA. Ideally within complex, matrixed, or global organisations.

- Strong expertise in structured interviewing, skills-based assessment, and selection methodology.

- Experience designing or implementing interview frameworks, assessment processes, evaluation criteria, interviewer training, or talent assessment programs.

- Experience partnering with senior and executive stakeholders to translate business priorities into hiring strategies and workforce plans.

- Ability to interpret recruiting data and translate it into practical insights and recommendations for business leaders.

- Experience using AI-enabled recruiting tools and workflows responsibly and effectively.

- Ability to coach hiring managers, recruiters, and business leaders on assessment quality, interviewer calibration, and hiring decisions.

Preferred qualifications (Advantageous but not essential)

- Certification in assessment, selection, interviewing, talent management, or related disciplines.

- Familiarity with psychometric assessments, validation principles, and modern talent assessment technologies.

- Background in workforce planning, talent intelligence, talent management, or organizational capability initiatives.

- Experience supporting financial services, investment, technology, data, or professional services organizations.

The Group

The People & Culture team helps Morningstar attract, develop, and retain the talent needed to challenge convention and create better outcomes for investors. Talent Acquisition plays a central role in that work by helping leaders make informed hiring decisions and building processes that are fair, consistent, and grounded in evidence.

As part of the Global Talent Acquisition Leadership Team, you'll work with colleagues across regions to strengthen hiring practices, share ideas, and shape how the function evolves. Your work will influence not only who joins Morningstar, but also how we build the capabilities needed for the future.

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.